Smoked Raspberry Tea Pulled Pork

Original Recipe

This recipe assumes the use of a wood pellet grill/smoker.

Ingredients

9-10lbs	Pork Shoulder (Bone-In or Boneless)
2 cups	Raspberry Tea Marinade (see below)
1 cup¹⁾	Raspberry Chipotle Dry Rub²⁾

Raspberry Tea Marinade

2 cups (500ml)	Raspberry Iced Tea³⁾
2 tsp.⁴⁾	Onion Powder
1 tsp.⁵⁾	Garlic Powder
1 tsp.⁶⁾	Black Pepper
2 Tbsp.	Honey
1 Tbsp.	Raspberry Chipotle Dry Rub⁷⁾

Preparation

Wash pork shoulder. Place in roasting pan or similar dish.
Using a meat injector to inject marinade directly into the meat, distributing the marinade as evenly and thoroughly throughout the meat as possible. Refrigerate and allow to marinate for at least 2 hours; overnight is preferable.
Remove pork shoulder from marinating vessel. Thoroughly cover the entire pork shoulder in dry rub; return to refrigerator an allow dry rub to infuse for at least 30 minutes.
Prepare grill/smoker for a 200°F-250°F cook/smoke. Place the prepared pork shoulder directly on grill/smoker grid, central or high in the grill/smoker.
Cook/smoke for 4 hours.
Move the pork shoulder to a roasting pan, cover with aluminum foil, and continue cooking at 225°F-250°F for an additional 3-4 hours.

Notes

Serve with Tangy Raspberry Barbecue Sauce

¹⁾

Measurement is approximate. Have more on hand, and use as much or as little as necessary to thoroughly coat the pork shoulder.

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The dry rub used for this recipe is Louisiana Grill's Raspberry Chipotle rub. It is now discontinued; a similar raspberry flavoured rub should be substituted if unable to obtain Louisiana Grill Raspberry Chipotle rub.

³⁾

The specific raspberry iced tea used for this recipe is Peace Tea Razzleberry; however, any raspberry flavoured iced tea will likely make an adequate substitute.

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Measurement is approximate. Adjust to taste.